Red Sox, Twins spring training tickets now on sale

FORT MYERS: Spring training tickets for the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins are now on sale. Eager Red Sox fans lined up around the City of Palms Park as early as Tuesday to buy spring training tickets.

The line wrapped around the stadium with many people still keeping their tents up, looking more like a camping trip than a sporting event.

Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m., with the most anticipated game for fans being the Red Sox versus the Yankees.

Spring training lasts six weeks and brings more than $25-million to Fort Myers. Stadium employees say Red Sox fans alone bring in nearly $30-million in income to Lee County.

"We've had a lot of fans call to tell us they make their whole vacation plans around if they cant get tickets to our games or not," explained Katie Haas, Director of Florida Business for the Boston Red Sox.

Even better news for the county is that with the Red Sox moving across town, the team leaves behind a vacant stadium, which could be the home of another team in Fort Myers in the future.

More than 29,000 Red Sox tickets were sold on Saturday, the third highest one day total.